Browsing by Author "Allaire, Paul"

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    • A Prototype HeartQuest ventricular assist device for particle image velocimetry measurements 

      Day, Steven; McDaniel, James; Wood, Houston; Allaire, Paul; Song, Xinwei; Lemire, Phillip; Miles, Scott (Artificial organs, 2002-11-01)
      The objective of this study is to fully characterize the flow within the HeartQuest ventricular assist device (VAD), a magnetically levitated centrifugal VAD, using particle image velocimetry (PIV) to identify regions of ...

    • Streamlined unobstructed one-pass axial-flow pump 

      Wood, Houston; Allaire, Paul; Olsen, Don; Day, Steven; Song, Xinwei; Untaroiu, Alex; Throckmorton, Amy (United States patent office, 2007-06-12)
      A blood pump has an impeller rotatably disposed and magnetically suspended within a cavity of a stator by a plurality of magnetic bearings (passive permanent and active electromagnetic) having impeller magnets on the ...